Heel for shoes.



L. GOLD.

HEEL FOR SHOES. APPLICATION FILED MAR.22, I911.

Patented July 10, 1917.

LOUIS GOLD, OF BRO0KLYN,1\TEW YORK.

HEEL non sHoEs;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July it), 191%.

A pplicationfiled'March 22, 191a: seriarN-o. 156,596:

To all whom fitmay concern:

Be it known that 1, Lotus GOLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heels for Shoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to heels for shoes, and has for its object to provide a top lift having a renewable portion, whereby the heel may be repaired by simply substituting a new one of said renewable portions for one which has become worn due to the heel being run over as so often occurs. Another object is to provide improved means for holding such renewable portion in place on the heel without the necessity of driving nails or other fasteners through the said portion from the bottom. Other objects will appear as the description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views Figure l is a bottom plan view of a heel with the top lift removed 'and showing the slotted plate for holding the renewable portion secured to the next lift, the dotted line position of said plate indicating that it may be placed at diiferent positions on the heel so as to bring the renewable section at the point where most of the wear comes.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the heel with the top lift in place but the renewable portion thereof removed.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the heel, showing more clearly how the renewable portion of the top lift is fastened in place, said renewable portion being shown in dotted lines and the headed pins carried thereby in solid lines for the sake of clearness.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line IVIV of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a detailed view of one of the headed pins which are carried by the renewable portion of the top lift and which constitute part of the holding means therefor, and

Fig. 6 is a detailed view of said' renewable portion, showing how the heads of the pins are spaced therefrom to permit them to engage the slotted plate.

In the drawings 1 designates the heel and 2 the top lift thereof which has a portion preferably arcuate in form cut therefrom, which portion a is adapted to fit the recess 3 in said top lift and is designed to be re newed when it becomes worn, as so often occurs where heels are run over at one side or the other. Obviously, the recess 3 and renewable portion at may be arranged at any desired point on the heel where the most wear comes, as indicated by the positions of the holding plate for said renewable portion in Fig. l.

Said plate 5 is fastened to the heel 1 by screws 6 or other suitable means above the top lift 2 and preferably extends well over the top lift as shown in Fig. 2. The plate 5 has a plurality of parallel slots 7 in its outer edge to receive the shanks 9 of a corresponding number of pins having serrated shanks ll embedded in the renewable portion a and heads 10 adapted to overlie the plate 5 at the sides of the slots, thus preventing said renewable section from dropping off of the heel, as will be readily understood from the drawings. The renewable portion -t carrying the pins arranged with their heads projecting therefrom, as shown in Fig. 6, is applied by sliding the heads 10 of the pins between the plate 5 and the heel, the shanks 9 fitting in the slots 7. To prevent the renewable portion from sliding off again, the plate 5 has spurs 8 which engage the inner face of said portion and are inclined in the direction of the center of the heel.

hen the renewable portion becomes worn, it may be forcibly removed and if the spurs 8 become upset in doing this, they may be easily straightened again before a new portion or piece is substituted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is l. The combination with a heel for shoes, of a top lift therefor having a recess in its edge, a plate secured to the heel at the base of said recess and having parallel slots in its edge, a renewable piece to fit said recess, headed pins secured to the renewable piece and adapted to engage the slots in the plate for fastening said piece to the heel, and

means integral with the plate for holding spurs formed integral with the plate and the pins in engagement with the slots. inclined outwardly and toward the inner 2. The combination with a heel for shoes, edge of the recess to engage the inner face of a top lift therefor having a recess in its of the renewable piece for retaining the 5 edge, a plate secured to the heel at the base same with the pins in engagement with the 15 of said recess and having parallel slots in slots. its edge a renewable piece to fit said recess, In testimony whereof I have signed my headed pins secured to the renewable piece name to this specification. V and adapted to engage the slots in the plate 10 for fastening said piece to the heel, and LOUIS GOLD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G. 

